SHB 1308 — Concerning access to personnel records.

What this bill does

Specifies that an employer must provide an employee or former employee with a copy of the employee's personnel file within 21 days of a request. Requires an employer to provide to a former employee, upon request, a statement of the employee's discharge date and reasons, if any, for the discharge. Creates a private cause of action with statutory damages for enforcing the requirements to disclose personnel files and provide written discharge statements.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 7, 2025
  56 yea · 41 nay · 1 not voting
• House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 17, 2025
  56 yea · 40 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 9, 2025
  32 yea · 17 nay

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